How to Add Texture Using a Paint Roller

Painting your home with the help of a paint roller makes your job very easy. One way to simultaneously add texture to your walls is through the use of texture paint. There are various types and designs of texture paints that are used. It can be applied with the help of a paint roller. In order to add texture using a paint roller, follow the simple steps described below.

Step 1 − Making Paint Solution

Take a bucket and add the desired color of texture paint into it. Now add little water to make the paint solution dilute. The paint should not be extremely thick as it has to cover the wall corners and edges. It will be easier to cover them if the paint is a little dilute.

Step 2 − Cutting-in

Now take a paint brush almost 2 inches thick, and dip it in the texture paint bucket. Cover the edges and corners of the wall properly. You will use a paint brush because a paint roller cannot reach the corners. This process is known as cutting-in. Now apply the texture paint in corners with even strokes and avoid over- brushing, which will thin out the texture.

Step 3 − Paint using a Paint Roller

Now paint the wall using a paint roller frame covered with a medium-nap roller cover. Roll on the paint in long even strokes. Watch the areas you paint carefully to ensure a uniform appearance of the texture. Roll the paint roller as near to the corners as possible. This would help to even out the cut-in done with the brush in the corners.

Step 4 − Stippling

Stippling is a technique in which the paint roller is used to create a texture. It is best done with thick oil based texture paint and a framed paint roller. Apply the thick paint with the help of a standard roller frame covered with a stipple roller cover. Apply the paint in long even strokes. Try to even out the cut-in done at the edges and corners of the wall.

Step 5 −  Paint in One Direction

It is important that you paint in one direction. You should not overlap the previously painted areas, or the stipple texture left by the roller will be uneven and spoil the desired outcome.

Step 6 − Stencil Roller

Another technique to add texture to the paint roller is to get a stenciled paint roller. Stencil rollers have raised patterns on the hard rubber of the roller. All you need to do is to put the roller in the texture paint tray and roll it until it is completely covered with the paint. Start rolling the stencil roller on to the wall. The pattern will be imprinted on the wall. Every time you wet the roller with the paint, the roller must be aligned with the previously painted area so that the pattern is continuous.